[Evaluation of the accuracy of different body composition prediction formulas, compared to Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, in soccer players of Colombian professional teams].

CONCLUSION: the calculations of fat percentage using the fractionation of 5 components method and the Durnin and Womersley equation were closest to the results obtained by the gold-standard method (DXA) in soccer players of Colombian professional teams. PMID: 33445951 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - January 15, 2021 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kammerer López M, Ceballos Feria NDC, Mayor Rengifo MC, Hoyos García HH, Gómez Velásquez S Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research